"Though one should be prepared to vomit rather frequently and disport with pink elephants and assorted grotesqueries while trying often unsuccessfully to make one's way to the toilet."

"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on."

"There is no compulsion in religion."

"Ginger Rodgers did everything Fred Astair did, but she did it backwards and in high heels."

"Your security does not lie in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands."

"When you have reached a point at which you cannot see more, You must remember that there may be a point beyond this at which you can see everything."

"Death's brother, Sleep."

"People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one."

"When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'"

"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep."

"[Sleep is] the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together."

"Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole."